The 1926 United States elections were held on November 2, 1926, in the middle of President Calvin Coolidge's second (only full) term. The Republican Party lost nine seats to the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives but retained their majority. The Republicans also lost six seats to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate but retained their majority.[3] The Democratic gains in Congress were very modest for a midterm election, and since that time, the Republicans had not performed this well in midterm elections under a Republican president until 2002.
See also
- 1926 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1926 United States Senate elections
- 1926 United States gubernatorial elections
References
- ^ Three Class 3 seats held both regular and special elections in 1926. These three seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
- ^ Democrats picked up six seats in the regularly-scheduled elections and gained an additional seat in the special elections.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1926" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 29 December 2011.